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Mixed fortunes for world's whales

World, 12 August 2008
Source: BBC News
The latest global assessment of cetaceans shows that the marine mammals throughout the world's oceans have experienced mixed fortunes.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species reveals that some large species, like humpbacks, have seen numbers increase.
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